FIRST ENGLISH EXAM

46Regent Street
Mr Michael Armsron Madison 15026
Haryton Ray Wisconsin
Moutain Street May 20, 2005
Miami, Florida 60306

Re: Camp summer

Dear Mr Armsron

I have seen your advertisement for camp leaders in USA TODAY and would like to apply for
this job.
I am a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School with good marks in arts and philosophy. I am
a member of the photography and music clubs, and I enjoy meeting people. I often volunteer to
work in infant hospital wards. So I think that I am suitable for that job.
I was born in Columbus and I am sixteen years old. I have lived at the above address for the
past ten years. I often look after my brothers and sisters and take care of them when my mother
and father are at work. So I think that I have experience in dealing with children.
I am ready to start work at the end of June, when school summer vacations begin. I have asked
two of my teachers to send you two letters of reference for me.
Yours sincerely
Joy F. Parfit
SECTION ONE

A- COMPREHENSION
1- The text is:
a- An informal letter of apology
b- A formal letter of congratulation
c- A formal letter of application
2- Say whether the following sentences are true or false according to the text:
a- Joy has read the advertisement in a newspaper
b- She lives in 46Regent Street, Madison 15026 Wisconsin..
c- She can start work when the school year finishes.
3- Answer the following questions from the text:
a- What is the subject of the letter?
b- What makes Joy suitable for the job advertised?
c- How did she get experience with children?
4. What or who do the underlined words in the text refer to?

a. I (§2) b. them (§3)

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B- TEXT EXPLORATION
1. Find in the text words which mean
a- Holiday=………………….. b- Take care=……………….
2. Find in the text words opposite in meaning to
a- Receive…………… b- End…………………….

3- Match words with their definitions

Words Definitions
a- Formal 1-A short piece of information you give to a person
b- Message 2-A situation when you are with friends and family
c- Informal 3-Using an agreed way: well planned and organised

4- Write meaningful sentences expressing: obligation, absence of obligation, prohibition.

a- Poor/ sick people/ go to Mecca
b- Children / play with medicines
5- Link the following sentences using: neither….nor – either……or
a- He does not use the computer for studies. He does not use it for playing games.
b-In Algeria, we can read newspapers in Arabic. We can read them in French.

SECTION TWO

Choose one topic (5)

Topic one: Use information you have seen before (in your project) to write a paragraph speaking briefly about
- Computer (definition, parts, different uses)
- Advantages / disadvantages of the Internet.

Topic two: Write a letter of apology to a friend asking for excuse for a mistake you have done

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